Comments:Jani Hyytiäinen
I got this error after I had set the print spooler service to manual. Therefore, I had to disable the performance counters for the service to get rid of the alert. See ME266416 for more details.
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Andrew Zenz
I got this error after making changes to fix eventid 3 (Winsock Proxy Client) and following instructions from MS. I had not included a CR (Carriage Return) between dependant services, only a space, and got this message after a reboot. I replaced the space with a CR and no more errors.
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Woodrow Wayne Collins
Return code: 0x80041001 = WBEM_E_FAILED (Call failed). Not a fix, but a workaround. Disable the performance counters for the service to get rid of the alert. You can modify the registry as per "Disable Performance Counters" link or use exctrlst.exe tool.
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